We are delighted to announce the Call for Participation for the very first eBPF Devroom at FOSDEM!
Originally introduced to make the Linux kernel more programmable, eBPF allows users to load safe and efficient programs into the kernel, in order to implement custom logic running on specific events. The main use cases include kernel or user-space tracing and monitoring, network packet processing, security policies enforcement, or process scheduling. Today, eBPF also extends to Windows, user-space runtimes, or hardware offloads. The depth of the ecosystem has expanded far beyond its original goals and has seen increasing adoption from both enthusiasts and professionals within the open-source community, while the list of use cases and eBPF-based projects continues to grow.
FOSDEM is a free, community-organized event focusing on open source, and aiming at gathering open source software developers and communities to meet, learn, and share. It takes place annually in Brussels, Belgium. After hosting a number of eBPF-related talks in various devrooms over the years, FOSDEM 2025 welcomes a devroom dedicated to eBPF for the first time! This devroom aims at gathering talks about various aspects of eBPF, ideally on multiple platforms.
FOSDEM is an event centered on free and open-source software development, and brings the opportunity to reach a large audience of knowledgeable, highly technical open-source software activists. If you have something to present about eBPF, we would love for you to consider submitting a proposal to the Devroom.
The projects or technologies discussed in the talks MUST be open-source.
Topics of interest for the Devroom include (but are not limited to):
The list is not exhaustive, don’t hesitate to submit your proposal!
FOSDEM 2025 will be an in-person event in Brussels, Belgium. We do not accept remote presentations.
We’re looking for presentations in one of the following sizes:
The durations above include time for questions: allow at least 5 to 10 minutes, depending on the total length, to answer questions from the public.
Please submit your proposals on Pretalx, FOSDEM’s submissions tool.
Make sure to select “eBPF” as the track.
The official communication channel for the Devroom is the dedicated FOSDEM mailing list, [email protected]. Please make sure to join if you submit a talk.
All participants at FOSDEM are expected to abide by the FOSDEM’s Code of Conduct. If your proposal is accepted, you will be required to confirm that you accept this Code of Conduct.
If you have questions about any aspects of this Call for Participation, please email us at [email protected], and we will do our best to assist you.